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December is here and it's time to take a closer look at events that await us in Azeroth! What's going on in December?

Antorus will be available on Mythic difficulty on December 5 along with the 1st LFR Wing. The 2nd Wing opens December 19. Every other week, there's a new PvP Brawl. Keep an eye out for our "This Week in WoW" series, where we cover the most important events on a weekly schedule every Tuesday!

FIREWORKS CELEBRATION [DECEMBER 31–1]

TIMEWALKING

Step back in time and visit the dungeons of Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria with two Timewalking events this month.

CATACLYSM TIMEWALKING [DECEMBER 5–12]

While this event is active, players level 86 or higher may access a special Timewalking Dungeon Finder queue, which scales players and their items down to revisit past dungeons from the Cataclysm expansion. While Timewalking, bosses will yield loot appropriate for a player’s regular level.

MISTS OF PANDARIA TIMEWALKING [DECEMBER 26–JANUARY 2]

While this event is active, players level 91 or higher may access a special Timewalking Dungeon Finder queue, which scales players and their items down to revisit past dungeons from the Mists of Pandaria expansion. While Timewalking, bosses will yield loot appropriate for a player’s regular level.

PVP EVENTS

Dust off your battle gear and ready yourself to scramble in Warsong Gulch and have gravity (or the lack thereof) send your feet flying in this month’s Brawls. But first, you’ll be able to head into the Arena to take part in some skirmishes and hone your skills against some of the most challenging foes there are in Azeroth–other players.

ARENA SKIRMISH BONUS EVENT [DECEMBER 12-19]

While this event is active, Arena Skirmishes will award Honor at an increased rate. Will you answer the call to battle?

PVP BRAWL: GRAVITY LAPSE [DECEMBER 12–19]

Gravity getting you down? Step into the Eye of the Storm and be prepared for an en-lighten-ing experience. Every minute, players on the battlefield will find themselves launched into the air, only to gently fall toward the ground once more in a perpetual aerial ballet as they try to accrue enough resources to take the win home for their team.

PVP BRAWL: WARSONG SCRAMBLE [DECEMBER 26–JANUARY 2]

Warsong Gulch has always been the scene of an epic capture-the-flag battle, but what happens when you can capture your enemy’s flag without having your own at your base? Find out when you step into this PvP Brawl! We’ve also added a few more power-ups to the field of battle to stir things up a bit. To win, your team must be the first to capture five flags.

QUEST EVENTS

Get out into the world, meet interesting new people, and sway them with your heroic deeds to earn their favor and fabulous rewards.

WORLD QUEST BONUS EVENT [DECEMBER 19-26]

While this event is active, completing Broken Isles and Argus World Quests awards bonus reputation with the appropriate faction.

EACH MONTH

Take a trip to the greatest of great (and only) faires in Azeroth. It has all the best food, and items, and games. You won't want to miss a moment! But if you do, don't worry, it will be back again next month.

DARKMOON FAIRE [DECEMBER 3—9]

Meet Silas Darkmoon and his troupe, play games that test mind and nerve, and behold exotic sights from the four corners of Azeroth…and beyond!

PROMOTIONS AND EVENTS

ADOPT SHADOW THE FOX

Lost on Argus and overtaken by darkness, this playful fox can shrug off the void just being by your side. Your new companion can use its cunning to shift its way through Shadow and Light directly into your heart and home. Adopt between now and December 31, 2017 and 100% of the adoption fee will go to support disaster relief efforts for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, flooding in South Asia, and countless other crises.

Once you have the in-game pet, you’ll want to cuddle up to the real thing! The Shadow plush features a light-up rune and poseable ears, and comes in a collector’s box to keep Shadow safe. Between November 9, 2017 and December 31, 2017, sales of the plush will help support the American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies—visit Shadow’s page on the Blizzard Gear Store for more information.

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Here come today's hotfixes, reminding us of the Feral and Frost buffs coming this reset, as well as a few extra fixes for Reckless Flurry, Siege of Boralus and Way of the Crane.
December 17 (source)
Classes
Note: These changes will be applied with weekly restarts in each region.
Druid
Feral
Damage of all abilities increased by 7%
Mage
Frost
Damage of all abilities increased by 3%
Items
Heart of Azeroth
(Fury Warrior) Reverted an unintended reduction to the damage of Reckless Flurry .
Dungeons
Siege of Boralus
Viq’Goth
Call of the Deep should no longer damage players who are currently mounted in the cannon.
Player versus Player
Monk
Mistweaver
Fixed a bug that caused Way of the Crane to heal for more than intended on a critical strike.
Quests
The Alliance War Campaign quest “The Big Boom ” can now be completed while the world quest “Zem'lan Rescue ” is active.
Previous hotfixes.

The Feast of Winter Veil has begun and you can work toward the Merrymaker achievement for the Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake mount through January 2.
2018 Updates to Winter Veil
At Least You're Being Careful is a new achievement for opening this year's gift.
Toy Armor Set (Alliance) & Toy Armor Set (Horde) can be found in the 2018 gift.
The Alliance set contains Alliance Toy Cape & Wooden Toy Helm.
The Horde set contains Horde Toy Cape & Wooden Toy Helm.
Miniature Winter Veil Tree's item level is 335 this year.
Blizzard also updated the Stag & Sleigh models in Battle for Azeroth.
Check out our Winter Veil guide to learn more about the event!
Stag & Sleigh Model Updates

Celestalon clarified in a series of tweets how the secret The Hivemind mount works.
The multi-person capability is a special perk for the Hivemind group (the 5 people you last completed it with) and the final ritual is what establishes the link. Each player in a said group increases the mount's speed by 10% (Joined Hivemind). If you completed the final puzzle with a random group, you will need to complete it again with a different group for the speed bonus.
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Check out the guide over at Warcraft Secrets if you still haven't obtained the mount.

Well, that didn't take long! It seems you can't keep the WoW secret finders in the dark for too long, as they've already broken through and managed to obtain the mount! Warcraft Secrets and the secrets discord were hard at work the past few days and today finally bore fruit as they pushed through all the colored crystal monocles and found their way to the Court of Stars.

From there it's a whole lot of petting kittens and purring, followed by phase-shifting platforms to navigate, and then the goal itself:

While the very end of the guide hasn't been updated yet, it will be very soon so head on over to Warcraft Secrets and check out the full guide, and you might be riding this crazy thing soon as well.
And, of course, congratulations to everyone that helped out in the endeavor, it was an amazing performance by all involved!

New hotfixes and this time around there's a whooole lot of dungeon changes to non-boss enemies as well as a tragic modification to Fetid Devourer's classic walk. M+ affixes were also tuned, with a Grievous nerf and a Bursting buff. The Elixir of Tongues has also made an appearance, allowing you to understand the opposing faction, and you can buy it from Lizzi Liverzapper. There's also Island Expedition fixes and a few PvP changes as well.
December 14 (source)
Classes
Hunter
Marksmanship
Double Tap will no longer be immediately consumed for no benefit if it is activated while channeling Rapid Fire .
Dungeons and Raids
Grievous should no longer stack to 2 on the first periodic.
Increasing damage of Bursting to 7% per tick (was 5%).
Atal’Dazar
Removed Infested from several stationary enemies in the instance.
Kings’ Rest
Adjusted spawns of Teeming in the instance immediately before and after the Golden Serpent.
Animated Guardian’s Released Inhibitors only increases Melee haste.
Lowered duration of King A’akul’s Hidden Blade to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds.
Lowered Embalming Fluid DoT duration to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Lowered Golden Serpent’s Animated Gold health by 75%.
Lowered Guard Captain Atu’s Axe Barrage to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Queen Patlaa’s Dark Shot changed. It now takes 1.5 seconds to land.
Reduced Spectral Berserker Severing Blade damage by 25%.
Seneschal M’bara is now level 120 and is susceptible to crowd control.
Spectral Berserker is now level 120 and is susceptible to crowd control.
Motherlode
Adjusted spawns of Teeming in the instance.
Reduced Venture Co. Mastermind Leech Globule healing by 50%
Increased Feckless Assistant Transfiguration Serum recast to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Reduced Weapon Testers Echo Blade damage by 50%.
Reduced damage of Venture Co. Earthshaper’s Rock Lance by 25%.
Reduced Recast of Earthshaper’s Earth Shield to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Wanton Sapper casts Final Blast at 10% health (was at 20%).
Sethrallis
Increased recast of Healing Wave cast by Charged Dust Devil to 16 seconds (was 10 seconds).
Reduced duration of Sandswept Marksman Neurotoxin to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds).
Faithless Tender’s Greater Heal is now single target.
Reduced melee damage of Faithless Conscript by 70%.
Increased respawn of Faithless Conscripts to 50 seconds (was 60 seconds).
Shrine of the Storm
Lowered damage of Temple Attendant’s Wash Away by 25%.
Wash Away no longer hits pets and guardians.
Runecarver Sorn’s Carve Flesh initial damage reduced by 75%, but is now increased by 70% per tick.
Increased recast on Drowned Depthbringer’s Rip Mind to 16 seconds (was 8 seconds).
Removed Infested from the Living Current before Aqu’sirr.
Siege of Boralus
Reduced damage of Blacktar Bomber’s Burning Tar initial damage by 50% and Fire Bomb by 25%.
Adjusted spawns of Teeming and Infested in the instance.
Increased cast time of Ashvane Commander’s Bolstering Shout to 5 seconds (was 3 seconds).
Reduced Hadal Darkfathom’s Break Water unavoidable damage by 25%.
Reduced range on Bilge Rat Demolisher Terrifying Roar to 10 yards (was 30 yards), and added a precast visual.
Tol Dagor
The Sand Queen’s Buzzing Drone no longer melees, but casts Itchy Bite much more frequently.
Ashvane Marine’s Suppression Fire initial damage removed, but periodic damage immediately deals damage.
Overseer Korgus Incendariy Rounds no longer stacks.
Heavy Cannon’s Cannon Blast damage should now scale with the Keystone Level of the dungeon.
The Underrot
Increased recast on Devout Blood Priest abilities.
Reduced Fanatical Headhunter Barbed Spear duration to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds).
Reduced duration of Warcry to 8 seconds (was 30 seconds).
Elder Leaxa will now only spawn one Blood Mirror clone.
Waycrest Manor
Deathtouched Slaver is now susceptible to Stun.
Maddened Survivalist Freezing Trap is now Magic.
Uldir
Fixed a bug with the way Fetid Devourer uses his walk. No time to talk.
Island Expeditions
Resolved an issue in Jorundall that could cause the Southsea Pirate invasion to spawn a pirate ship in Fatigue waters.
Items
Players are now able to purchase Elixir of Tongues from Lizzi Liverzapper. Using and applying the potion will allow players to be able to understand the opposite faction.
Captain's Signet of Command is now item level 395 (was 380) to match its Horde counterpart.
Scouting Maps should again show up on the Honorbound and 7th Legion vendors and display the Pathfinder requirement to buy it if you do not have that achievement yet.
Fixed an issue where Cloak of the Restless Tribes was not scaling properly after exiting a Timewalking dungeon.
Player versus Player
Monk
Wind Waker will put a spell visual on the Monk when an ally triggers it.
Paladin
Ultimate Retribution will now cancel when Divine Shield or Blessing of Protection is applied.
World Quests
It is now raining additional mana for the Nazmir Assault World Quests "It's Raining Mana " and "Untapped Potential ".
Previous hotfixes.